Multiracial Therapists in Dartmouth, NS
Harmony Roberts
Registered Counselling Therapist - Candidate, MEd, RCT-C, CCC
6 Endorsed
Dartmouth, NS B2Y
My lived experience as a mixed race South Asian, AuDHD (late diagnosed), cis-het woman, informs my collaborative approach.
I am person-centred and strength-based while integrating Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), parts work and somatic approaches to help you process your lived experiences and reconnect with your body. I also support AuDHD/Autistic/ADHD folks by exploring solution-focused strategies to help you navigate daily life with more ease.
My lived experience as a mixed race South Asian, AuDHD (late diagnosed), cis-het woman, informs my collaborative approach.
I am person-centred and strength-based while integrating Narrative Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), parts work and somatic approaches to help you process your lived experiences and reconnect with your body. I also support AuDHD/Autistic/ADHD folks by exploring solution-focused strategies to help you navigate daily life with more ease.
Choosing to start therapy and finding someone to talk to is a deeply personal step. Opening up about experiences that feel painful, confusing, or overwhelming can take courage. Whether you're a child, an individual, or a couple, navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, or adjusting to new environments can bring feelings of grief, anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, or questions about identity, purpose, and meaning. My approach is culturally responsive, inclusive, and grounded in creating a space where you feel safe, heard, and genuinely supported.
Choosing to start therapy and finding someone to talk to is a deeply personal step. Opening up about experiences that feel painful, confusing, or overwhelming can take courage. Whether you're a child, an individual, or a couple, navigating life transitions, relationship challenges, or adjusting to new environments can bring feelings of grief, anxiety, depression, stress, burnout, or questions about identity, purpose, and meaning. My approach is culturally responsive, inclusive, and grounded in creating a space where you feel safe, heard, and genuinely supported.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or stuck in patterns you’re tired of repeating. Maybe you’ve been holding everything together on your own, but it’s starting to feel heavy. You want clarity, steadiness, and a space where you don’t have to pretend you’re fine. I work with adults—especially men—who are navigating anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, or emotional overwhelm and want to feel more grounded, balanced, and in control of their lives again.
Virtual counselling for adults across Nova Scotia and beyond.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or stuck in patterns you’re tired of repeating. Maybe you’ve been holding everything together on your own, but it’s starting to feel heavy. You want clarity, steadiness, and a space where you don’t have to pretend you’re fine. I work with adults—especially men—who are navigating anxiety, anger, depression, addictions, or emotional overwhelm and want to feel more grounded, balanced, and in control of their lives again.
Virtual counselling for adults across Nova Scotia and beyond.
When you’re overwhelmed and stressed with what life has to offer. When your thoughts, feelings, and relationships start to feel more like a burden. When you’re feeling as though you can’t seem to get out of your own way. That’s when I can be your sounding board, I can help you towards your next steps, and I can share with you the necessary tools to help you on your journey.
When you’re overwhelmed and stressed with what life has to offer. When your thoughts, feelings, and relationships start to feel more like a burden. When you’re feeling as though you can’t seem to get out of your own way. That’s when I can be your sounding board, I can help you towards your next steps, and I can share with you the necessary tools to help you on your journey.
I provide trauma-informed, person-centered therapy for children, youth, adults, and families across the lifespan, with a focus on foster care, adoption, trauma, PTSD, and Indigenous populations. I integrate CBT, DBT, CPT, IFS, and Sandplay Therapy to support clients navigating attachment disruptions, emotional regulation, anxiety, grief, identity development, and life transitions. As a trauma-certified clinician, I offer culturally responsive care grounded in compassion, collaboration, resilience, and healing. I believe healing occurs through connection, collaboration, and honoring each person’s unique strengths, and experiences.
I provide trauma-informed, person-centered therapy for children, youth, adults, and families across the lifespan, with a focus on foster care, adoption, trauma, PTSD, and Indigenous populations. I integrate CBT, DBT, CPT, IFS, and Sandplay Therapy to support clients navigating attachment disruptions, emotional regulation, anxiety, grief, identity development, and life transitions. As a trauma-certified clinician, I offer culturally responsive care grounded in compassion, collaboration, resilience, and healing. I believe healing occurs through connection, collaboration, and honoring each person’s unique strengths, and experiences.
My ideal client is someone who may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to move forward in their life or relationships. You might be experiencing anxiety, depression, or challenges related to self-esteem, or you could be navigating relationship difficulties with your partner or family. You might also be dealing with identity issues, including exploring gender or sexual orientation, and might feel isolated or misunderstood as you seek to live more authentically. You are seeking clarity and direction, hoping to reconnect with your values and take actionable steps toward a more fulfilling life.
My ideal client is someone who may be feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of how to move forward in their life or relationships. You might be experiencing anxiety, depression, or challenges related to self-esteem, or you could be navigating relationship difficulties with your partner or family. You might also be dealing with identity issues, including exploring gender or sexual orientation, and might feel isolated or misunderstood as you seek to live more authentically. You are seeking clarity and direction, hoping to reconnect with your values and take actionable steps toward a more fulfilling life.
Life’s challenges can often feel overwhelming, and it's easy to get lost in the chaos. As a therapist with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology (MACP), practicing under professional supervision, I am passionate about helping individuals navigate these difficulties. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life transitions, I am here to support you on your journey to healing and personal growth. My goal is to provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space where you feel truly heard and understood.
Life’s challenges can often feel overwhelming, and it's easy to get lost in the chaos. As a therapist with a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology (MACP), practicing under professional supervision, I am passionate about helping individuals navigate these difficulties. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, or major life transitions, I am here to support you on your journey to healing and personal growth. My goal is to provide a compassionate, non-judgmental space where you feel truly heard and understood.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected? At Esinam Counselling, we welcome individuals, couples, and families ready for meaningful change. Whether you are navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, or major life transitions, our team is here to guide you. We match you with a highly credentialed, trauma-informed therapist tailored to your unique goals. Using proven, evidence-based therapies, we help you break through barriers, heal from the past, and build practical tools for a brighter future. Step into a supportive space designed for your growth. Let’s move forward together.
Are you feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected? At Esinam Counselling, we welcome individuals, couples, and families ready for meaningful change. Whether you are navigating trauma, anxiety, depression, or major life transitions, our team is here to guide you. We match you with a highly credentialed, trauma-informed therapist tailored to your unique goals. Using proven, evidence-based therapies, we help you break through barriers, heal from the past, and build practical tools for a brighter future. Step into a supportive space designed for your growth. Let’s move forward together.
Caroline Lacelle
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RYT200, CIT
Dartmouth, NS B2V
Waitlist for new clients
I believe in each person’s capacity for healing and I endeavour to meet you from a place of curiosity, compassion, and collaboration. I work with individuals to process and peacefully resolve past trauma, manage present anxieties, and effectively cope with stressors to engage more fully in their lives. I am an attachment-based practitioner trained in various integrative and relational therapies with a specific focus on trauma recovery and anxiety management.
I believe in each person’s capacity for healing and I endeavour to meet you from a place of curiosity, compassion, and collaboration. I work with individuals to process and peacefully resolve past trauma, manage present anxieties, and effectively cope with stressors to engage more fully in their lives. I am an attachment-based practitioner trained in various integrative and relational therapies with a specific focus on trauma recovery and anxiety management.
Therapy feels weird, right?! Like- Hi, total stranger. I'm chronically overwhelmed and have been holding it all together with caffeine, people-pleasing, and sheer determination. Let me tell you all my trauma. But seriously - if that feels even a little too real, you're in the right place. Therapy CAN feel weird, but only because our culture teaches us that we should be able to do it all alone. But do you want to know a secret? You don't have to.
I work with primarily women and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals. As a Neurodivergent queer gal, I know how hard it can be to feel safe and seen. I promise to listen and to walk alongside you.
Therapy feels weird, right?! Like- Hi, total stranger. I'm chronically overwhelmed and have been holding it all together with caffeine, people-pleasing, and sheer determination. Let me tell you all my trauma. But seriously - if that feels even a little too real, you're in the right place. Therapy CAN feel weird, but only because our culture teaches us that we should be able to do it all alone. But do you want to know a secret? You don't have to.
I work with primarily women and 2SLGBTQI+ individuals. As a Neurodivergent queer gal, I know how hard it can be to feel safe and seen. I promise to listen and to walk alongside you.
Whether you are feeling lost, confused, lonely, questioning life, or experiencing depression, anxiety or trauma, I offer you a safe space where you can feel free to express and be yourself without judgment. I work with different modalities to help you organize your thoughts and understand your feelings so you can have a more fulfilling and meaningful life. I will do what I can to make time to meet either in person or virtually so you don't have to wait long for help.
Whether you are feeling lost, confused, lonely, questioning life, or experiencing depression, anxiety or trauma, I offer you a safe space where you can feel free to express and be yourself without judgment. I work with different modalities to help you organize your thoughts and understand your feelings so you can have a more fulfilling and meaningful life. I will do what I can to make time to meet either in person or virtually so you don't have to wait long for help.
Feeling lost, stuck, or out of alignment in your career? These transitions often stir deeper questions of identity and purpose. I use a feminist, somatic and hands on approach. There’s no quick fix or one right path. In my career counselling, I use a transpersonal, psychospiritual approach that honours your intuition, practical life and the archetypes shaping your journey. Together, we’ll explore your inner landscape and reconnect with what feels truly aligned, so you can move forward with clarity, trust, and a deeper sense of purpose. Instead of endless talk therapy, I use a hands-on action-oriented technique called EFT tapping.
Feeling lost, stuck, or out of alignment in your career? These transitions often stir deeper questions of identity and purpose. I use a feminist, somatic and hands on approach. There’s no quick fix or one right path. In my career counselling, I use a transpersonal, psychospiritual approach that honours your intuition, practical life and the archetypes shaping your journey. Together, we’ll explore your inner landscape and reconnect with what feels truly aligned, so you can move forward with clarity, trust, and a deeper sense of purpose. Instead of endless talk therapy, I use a hands-on action-oriented technique called EFT tapping.
Atman C. Center Avani Santhoshkumar
Registered Counselling Therapist – Candidate, MA CPsy, RCT-C, EMDR
Dartmouth, NS B2Y
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The way I view human beings is that every person's life has three aspects: public, private, and inner life. Public life is what the world sees; private life is shared with close ones; but the inner life is known only to ourselves. It holds our deepest thoughts, feelings, and desires often left unspoken. We may feel confused or overwhelmed without a space to express these emotions. That’s where a therapist comes in who is not just a professional, but a compassionate companion. A therapist listens without judgment, helps us understand our emotions, and guides us toward clarity, healing, and self-awareness.
ATMAN Counselling Center -
The way I view human beings is that every person's life has three aspects: public, private, and inner life. Public life is what the world sees; private life is shared with close ones; but the inner life is known only to ourselves. It holds our deepest thoughts, feelings, and desires often left unspoken. We may feel confused or overwhelmed without a space to express these emotions. That’s where a therapist comes in who is not just a professional, but a compassionate companion. A therapist listens without judgment, helps us understand our emotions, and guides us toward clarity, healing, and self-awareness.
Jennifer Shadbolt
Registered Counselling Therapist Candidate, MSc, MEd, RCT-C
7 Endorsed
Serves Area
I offer counselling therapy for the often unseen layers of Women’s Mental Health. Although growth is a life-long process, healing shouldn’t be. This is why I am trained in specific therapies that offer rapid healing opportunities, so you can focus on growth and living a life that brings you more moments of calm, joy, and peace.
To support our time together, I am trained in a number of therapy modalities, including Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and trauma- focused psychotherapies, such as the sought-after, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
I offer counselling therapy for the often unseen layers of Women’s Mental Health. Although growth is a life-long process, healing shouldn’t be. This is why I am trained in specific therapies that offer rapid healing opportunities, so you can focus on growth and living a life that brings you more moments of calm, joy, and peace.
To support our time together, I am trained in a number of therapy modalities, including Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT), and trauma- focused psychotherapies, such as the sought-after, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART).
Hello, welcome! I'm so glad you're here. I’m a clinical psychologist (candidate register) of Quebec and Haitian ancestry. I work with adults who are navigating depression, the "what-if" spirals of anxiety and phobias, or the exhausting loops of OCD. I also work with those who are finding their relationships with others difficult or are simply burnt out from the pressure of keeping it all together. If that sounds like you, you're in the right place! I can provide therapy in English and French. Beyond therapy, I provide diagnostic assessments for learning disorders, ADHD, and general psychological functioning.
Hello, welcome! I'm so glad you're here. I’m a clinical psychologist (candidate register) of Quebec and Haitian ancestry. I work with adults who are navigating depression, the "what-if" spirals of anxiety and phobias, or the exhausting loops of OCD. I also work with those who are finding their relationships with others difficult or are simply burnt out from the pressure of keeping it all together. If that sounds like you, you're in the right place! I can provide therapy in English and French. Beyond therapy, I provide diagnostic assessments for learning disorders, ADHD, and general psychological functioning.
Whether you're facing a specific challenge or feeling that something isn't quite right, I'm here to help. My approach to therapy is relational and collaborative. I work from a culturally affirming, trauma-informed lens that honours your communities and strengths, while also staying attentive to the broader systems and experiences that shape how you move through the world.
Together we can slow down, make sense of whats beneath the surface, and work on strengthening your capacity to cope and heal.
Whether you're facing a specific challenge or feeling that something isn't quite right, I'm here to help. My approach to therapy is relational and collaborative. I work from a culturally affirming, trauma-informed lens that honours your communities and strengths, while also staying attentive to the broader systems and experiences that shape how you move through the world.
Together we can slow down, make sense of whats beneath the surface, and work on strengthening your capacity to cope and heal.
Mental health challenges are often the result of, or made worse by wider problematic systems that shape all of our lives. Therapy that is meaningful to you can help you recover/discover your sense of agency, joy, and meaning.
I offer holistic (whole person) therapy that is practical and responsive to the world you and I share.
I am local....I live, practice and play in Halifax, NS.
Mental health challenges are often the result of, or made worse by wider problematic systems that shape all of our lives. Therapy that is meaningful to you can help you recover/discover your sense of agency, joy, and meaning.
I offer holistic (whole person) therapy that is practical and responsive to the world you and I share.
I am local....I live, practice and play in Halifax, NS.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, or depression? Are you trying to process grief?Are you in a difficult relationship or work situation? Moral injury, occupational stress injury, and physical injuries can all take a toll on your emotional well being. Naming your challenges, creating goals, and building a cache of skills and resources are important parts of your wellness journey.
Are you struggling with anxiety, stress, or depression? Are you trying to process grief?Are you in a difficult relationship or work situation? Moral injury, occupational stress injury, and physical injuries can all take a toll on your emotional well being. Naming your challenges, creating goals, and building a cache of skills and resources are important parts of your wellness journey.
Need help because you've recently learned (or always suspected) that your brain works differently?
I help professionals with late-discovered ADHD to untangle the chaos, get clear on how they work best, and build systems that support their brilliance.
Need help because you've recently learned (or always suspected) that your brain works differently?
I help professionals with late-discovered ADHD to untangle the chaos, get clear on how they work best, and build systems that support their brilliance.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by burnout, life transitions, or emotions that resurface when you least expect them. You’re looking for a supportive space to process the past, cope more effectively in the present, and move toward a life that feels lighter and more balanced.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by burnout, life transitions, or emotions that resurface when you least expect them. You’re looking for a supportive space to process the past, cope more effectively in the present, and move toward a life that feels lighter and more balanced.
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Why might mixed race or multiracial identity be important to address in therapy?
Mixed race or multiracial identity can shape how you understand yourself and relate to others around you, so it is natural that this identity may be important to speak about in therapy. If you identify as mixed race, you may find it helpful to speak with a therapist about identity, belonging, racism, cultural disconnection, or feeling pressure to “choose” one part of your background over another. A therapist who understands or shares your mixed race identity may be better able to support conversations about your experiences. A shared background may also strengthen the therapeutic alliance, which refers to the working relationship between you and your therapist and is tied to positive therapy outcomes.
How can a mixed race therapist support couples counselling or family therapy?
Like other therapists, mixed race therapists can support couples and families with a broad range of concerns, including communication challenges, conflict, parenting, life transitions, and relationship stress. However, therapists who personally identify as mixed race may be especially helpful when race, culture, or ethnicity are part of the concerns being discussed, such as when partners come from different cultural backgrounds and are navigating differing personal or community expectations. A mixed race therapist may also help couples and families explore how identity shapes each person’s experience in the relationship. Family members, for instance, may not experience race or culture in the same way, even within the same household. Therapy can offer a space to talk through these differences.
How might I inquire about a therapist's experience working with mixed race or multiracial clients?
The initial consultation, which is typically a brief phone or video call, can be a good time to ask about a therapist’s experience working with multiracial clients. You can ask specific questions, such as “Do you have experience working with multiracial clients?” or broader questions, such as “How do you approach cultural identity in your practice?” As sessions begin, it can be helpful to notice how the therapist responds to your concerns. A good therapist should respond with respect, curiosity, and cultural humility. If you feel dismissed or misunderstood, or if you find yourself having to explain your beliefs or cultural context constantly, it may be worth considering another therapist.
Who is included in Psychology Today's directory of mixed race therapists?
The directory of mixed race therapists includes therapists who have shared their mixed race or multiracial identity in their profiles, as well as therapists who indicate that they have extensive experience working with mixed race clients, regardless of their own background. Not all therapists choose to disclose this information on their profile, and these individuals may not appear in search results for this reason.